[plug] Intel chip graffiti

[David Campbell]

I don't know if anyone has seen this before but...

David Campbell

> Time Magazine reports an interesting case of high-tech graffiti. It
> seems that a couple of Intel engineers working on the design of a
> recent version of the Pentium microprocessor included a message that
> describes their feelings about Bill Gates, president of Microsoft, a good
> corporate pal of Intel's.
> 
> When a portion of the Pentium chip is examined under a powerful
> scanning  electron microscope, the phrase "bill sux" is clearly visible,
> etched
> into the surface of the chip.
> 
> The "flaw" in the chip was only discovered by accident well after the
> chip was  released into the market, too late for Intel to prevent the
> chip from being used in the manufacture of tens of thousands of PCs.
> 
> Intel says that both engineers responsible were former employees of
> Motorola, makers of the chips that are the heart of the Apple
> Macintosh.
> 
> Both engineers have since been fired by Intel.
> 
> Full picture on http://www.idt.mdh.se/kpt/billsux.jpg
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